Commentary: Public health system perspective on implementation of evidence-based fall-prevention strategies for older adults

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Shubert, Tiffany E ^a,b   Smith, Matthew Lee ^c,d   Schneider, Ellen C ^a   Wilson, Ashley D ^d   Ory, Marcia G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South College School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based strategy; Fall prevention; Health promotion; Older adults; State health departments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015284263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/FPUBH.2016.00252     Document Type: Note

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